נכרי

Aramaic

Alternative forms

  • ܢܟܪܝ Syriac

Verb

נכרי • (transliteration needed)

  1. to alienate, to estrange

Hebrew

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Aramaic נוּכְרָי (nuḵrāy), Arabic نَكِرَ (nakira, to not know), Akkadian 𒈾𒅗𒊒𒌝 (nakārum, to be an enemy or hostile, to oppose or be at war with a nation; to be alien, foreign or an outsider).

Adjective

נָכְרִי • (nokhrí)

  1. foreign, alien
    • Tanach, Exodus 2:22, with translation of the Jewish Publication Society:
      וַתֵּלֶד בֵּן וַיִּקְרָא אֶת־שְׁמוֹ גֵּרְשֹׁם כִּי אָמַר גֵּר הָיִיתִי בְּאֶרֶץ נָכְרִיָּה׃
      vatéled bén vayikrá 'et-sh'mó ger'shóm kí 'amár gér hayíti b'érets nokhriyá.
      wattḗleḏ bēn wayyiqrā ʾeṯ-šəmō gērəšōm kī ʾāmar gēr hāyī́ṯī bəʾéreṣ noḵriyyā.
      And she bore a son, and he called his name Gershom; for he said: ‘I have been a stranger in a strange land.’
  2. gentile, non-Jewish

Noun

נָכְרִי • (nokhrí)

  1. foreigner, alien
  2. gentile, non-Jew
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